Will & going to will This tense is used to make predictions about the future:    Favela Pinto will be like Rocinha in a few years' time.    to make statements of fact about the future:   I will be forty next birthday. to make a decision at the moment of speaking:    Ok, I'll tell him tonight. to make a promise:    I will love you forever. to make an offer:    I'll get you another beer. with clauses of condition and time:    If/when I'm rich, I'll buy you a house in the country. Going to This tense is used to talk about planned decisions and intentions:    I'm going to ask for a rise next month. to talk about future arrangements:    He's going to stay with us for a week. to make predictions about the immediate future when there is some evidence to show what is going to happen:    Look at those black clouds. It's going to rain in a minute. exercises home